BUNGEE CORD RIDES

This page lists links to reports of accidents and news stories involving bungee jumps and amusement rides which use bungee cords.

Bungee jumping can put vision at risk The Globe and Mail July 20, 2007 Macular hemorrhage from bungee jumping New England Journal of Medicine July 19, 2007 Accident ruling over bungee jump death Western Mail February 25, 2005 Broken harness blamed for bungee ride death in Canada (8/24/98) Bungee rides close in New Jersey; designer, inspector fined $20,000 (10/29/98) Canadian officials charge bungee ride company, owner (1/20/99) Bungee ride owner gets two months to decide plea (3/26/99) Bungee ride owner pleads not guilty (5/21/99) Owner of fatal bungee ride admits he altered ride after inspection (11/27/99) Anderson Ventures found guilty in Rocket Launcher death (2/22/00) Anderson Ventures fined a record $145,000 for Rocket Launcher death (4/25/00) Man falls 300 feet to his death in bungee ride accident (5/15/00) Mobile bungee rides banned in Ontario (7/5/00) Bungee ride malfunctions at Daytona Beach; 2 injured (7/21/00) One dead, one injured in bungee ride accident (6/3/01) Bungee cord snaps on Texas thrill ride; 2 injured (7/29/01) Bungee jump accident kills 2 in Italy (5/1/02) Ejection Seat cable snaps at Oregon carnival (6/9/02) Fairground worker killed in Slingshot accident (8/4/02) Slingshot ride cable snaps at Ohio State Fair, stranding riders (8/5/02) Man killed in 180-foot fall after bungee cord disengages (8/26/02) Girl, 14, killed in bungee ride mishap (8/9/04) Bungee cord snaps; rider hospitalized (7/12/05) Ride operator injured in 'Springshot' mishap (7/16/05) Another bungee ride malfunctions (7/24/05) Bungee jumper nearly strangled (8/1/05) Cord snaps on reverse bungee ride (5/7/06) Riders stranded after reverse bungee ride malfunctions (6/22/06) Bungee cord snaps on Ejection Seat ride; 2 injured (8/2/06) Teenage girl killed in fall from bungee ride (7/14/07)

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